Poem 86

Just like in poem 43, Catullus compares Lesbia to another girl. He starts off by saying her different features, whether good or bad, and he talks about them for the first few lines. Then, he turns it around and tells the reader how much better Lesbia is. He also tells us that other people think how beautiful the other lady is but then he says how he thinks Lesbia is more beautiful. In poem 43 he says, " ten prouincia narrat esse bellam?" He shows us that even though the Province might think that the lady is pretty, compared to Lesbia, she is ugly. In poem 86 he goes on to say, " Quintia formosa est multis. mihi candida, longa." He says how others find Quintia to be attractive and very beautiful.